Welcome to the Department of the Elementary and Early Childhood Education News Panel 1: The Only Path: Teaching? Alumni Share Their Experiences Our alumni panel series begins with its first event: "The Only Path: Teaching? Alumni Share Their Experiences". We will be at the Faculty of Education Conference Hall on Friday, April 3. 28/03/2026 Opening: Motor Development Research Laboratory On Friday, March 13, 2026, the opening ceremony of the Motor Development Research Laboratory, established through the collaboration of the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education and… 25/03/2026 Think, Play, Act for Climate Change Under the coordination of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Buldu, a faculty member in our department, the project titled “Think, Play, Act for Climate Change,” which was awarded funding by TÜBİTAK 4004 Nature… 10/09/2025 read more Announcements Master Thesis Defense Elif Topatan, one of the graduate students in our department, successfully defended her M.S. thesis entitled "Relationship between Empathy in Young Children and Emotion Socialization Practices of… 14/09/2026 Dissertation Defense Ayşenur Peker, a doctoral student in our department, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled "The Effectiveness of Dialogic Book-Reading Reminiscing on Maternal Elaboration and… 12/09/2026 Dr. Zeliha Demirci Ünal Appointed as Honorary Research Associate at The University of Manchester Dr. Zeliha Demirci Ünal, a Research and Teaching Assistant in our department, will be joining the School of Environment, Education and Development within the Faculty of Humanities at The University… 10/09/2026 read more
